Ironing-board



(No Model.)

F. N. OI-IAPIN.

IRONING BOARD.

No. 480,170. Patented Aug. 2, 1892.

FREDERICK N. OHAPIN, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.

lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,170, datedAugustfZ, 1892.

Application filed January 21, 1892. Serial No. 418,769. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK N. CHAPIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Austin, in the county of Travis and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Ironing-Board, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in ironing-tables.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive ironing-table adapted to be readily attached to the edge ofa table or to a cleat on the wall and capable of being adjustedvertically to accommodate itself to the height of the table or othersupport.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ironing-tableconstructed in accordance with this invention and shown attached to atable. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the parts folded. Fig. 3 is adetail sectional view.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawlugs.

I designates an ironing-board provided at its rear end with parallelslots 2, through which project the upper ends 3 of parallel bars 4 of aleg or prop 5, which is pivoted between inner and outer ribs 6 and 7,secured to the lower face of the ironing-board. The ribs 6 and 7 aresecured to the lower face of the board and form ways or grooves in whichthe bars 4 of the prop are folded when the ironing-tableis not in use,and the inner rib 6 is shorterthan the outer ones to enable an extensionfoot-piece 8 to be moved inward between the bars when the parts arefolded, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings.

The extensible foot-piece S is provided with a longitudinal slot 9, inwhich are arranged the transverse pins, bolts, nails, or screws employed for securing the lowerends of the bars 4 together, whereby theextensible foot-piece 8 may be moved out or in to increase or diminishthe length of the leg or prop to adapt the ironing-table to the heightof the supporting-table. The upper end 3 of the bars of the leg or propare provided with recesses 10, which form shoulders adapted to clamp theedge 11 of a supporting-table 12. By employing the two bars to form theleg or prop the ironing-table is prevented to a certain extent fromrocking and the strength of the table is increased, and the ribs whichare secured to the lower face of the ironing-board stiffen the latter.The end 13 of the inner rib 6 is beveled, and the inner end 14 of theextension foot-piece 8 is beveled, so that the parts will fold compactlywhen the ironing-table is not in use.

What I claim is- An ironing-table comprising an ironingboard provided atits rear end with parallel slots, the ribs 6 and 7, secured to the lowerface of the ironing-board and forming grooves or ways, a prop or legcomposed of parallel bars adapted to fold in said grooves or ways andhaving their upper ends pivoted between the ribs 6 and 7 and arranged toproject through the slots and provided with recesses, an extensiblefoot-piece arranged between the lower ends of the bars and provided witha longitudinal slot, and the transverse pins arranged in thelongitudinal slot and passing through the bars and securing thefoot-piece to the latter, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK N. CHAPIN.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN DowELL, M. DowELL.

